Widerspricht sich dann aber selbst zweimal im Text…
Mehrere europäische Staatschefs betonen auf dem Bürgenstock, es sei besonders wichtig, sich nicht nur «in einer westlichen Echokammer» (Österreichs Bundeskanzler Karl Nehammer) zu bewegen – umso zentraler sei etwa die Teilnahme von Indien oder Brasilien. Beide Länder sind anwesend, allerdings nicht auf Ministerebene.
Genau hundert internationale Delegationen kommen auf den Bürgenstock. Mehr als die Hälfte der Länder schicken ihre Staats- oder Regierungschefs. Andere Länder, wie etwa Indien (bei dem eine Teilnahme unsicher war), schicken einen Minister.
Alle werden einzeln vorgestellt: Bundespräsidentin Amherd und der ukrainische Präsident Wolodimir Selenski mit dem indischen Vertreter Pavan Kapoor (Mitte).
Deutschsprachiger Journalismus, meine Damen und Herren! Qualität wohin man schaut.
edit: Fun with data:
Non EU countries that sent their head of state/head of gouvernment:
Adds up to roughly 910 million people.
EU states have roughly 450 million people.
(I just bunched them together the few that didnt send their head of state/head of government arent worth building an extra category for at this time of the day.. 😉 .).
Non EU countries that sent a ministerial representative:
Populations add up to roughly 2.2 Billion.
So representatives of 3.5 billion people in the world were “actively engaged”.
The National News Agency of Ukraine (Ukrainian: Українське національне інформаційне агентство), or Ukrinform (Ukrainian: Укрінформ), is a state information and news agency, and international broadcaster of Ukraine. It was founded in 1918 during the Ukrainian War of Independence[6] as the Bureau of Ukrainian Press (BUP). The first director of the agency was Dmytro Dontsov, when the agency name was The Ukrainian Telegraph Agency.[7]
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Ukrinform delivers news stories in Ukrainian, English, German, Spanish, French, Japanese, and Polish.[8]
edit: Oh btw. India only will be represented by an Ambassador led diplomatic delegation, even though great and not all propagandistic news source Ukrinform will inform you that Indias president is coming.
India has chosen to send Ambassador Pawan Kapoor, the most senior career diplomat after Vinay Kwatra, to Switzerland.
The most senior career diplomat after the Vinay Kwatra (Current foreign secretary of india)?
I’m amazed!
Whats Ambassador Pawan Kapoors current position in the indian diplomatic corps?
Pavan Kapoor (born 24 December 1966) is an Indian diplomat and former Indian Ambassador to Russia. He previously served as India’s High Commissioner to Mozambique and the Kingdom of Swaziland from January 2014 to early 2016, Ambassador to Israel from March 2016 to September 2019, and Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates from October 2019 to November 2021.[2]
Career
Pavan Kapoor joined the Indian Foreign Service in 1990. In his diplomatic career, he has served in different Indian Missions abroad, the Ministry of External Affairs, and the Prime Minister’s Office in New Delhi. He also served as an international civil servant with the Commonwealth Secretariat in London.[2]
Wait - India is sending its former russian ambassador to the Ukrainian Global Peace summit in Bürgenstock? You know, the one that joined the Indian Foreign Service in 1990?
Wait - wait, when was indias second most senior career diplomat appointed to his former job - you know, as the indian ambassador to russia?
Shri Pavan Kapoor (IFS: 1990), presently Ambassador of India to United Arab Emirates, has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Russian Federation.
2. He is expected to take up the assignment shortly.
Wait, wait, what was Pavan Kapoors Mission statement in the years 2021 - 2024?
Pavan Kapoor headed the Indian Embassy in Moscow on 22nd of November, 2021. Previously, His Excellency was the Ambassador of the Republic of India to the United Arab Emirates from October 2019 to November 2021. In a diplomatic career spanning over three decades, Ambassador Kapoor has served in different capacities in the Indian Missions in Moscow, London, Geneva, Tel Aviv apart from serving in the Ministry of External Affairs and the Prime Minister’s Office in New Delhi.
According to the Russian Foreign Ministry, Pavan Kapoor received copies of his credentials from the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Igor Morgulov. Within the framework of the meeting, the sides discussed an approach to further strengthening of Russian-Indian relations, topical global and regional problems, as well as a schedule of upcoming contacts.
Bestest diplomat to attend the Global Ukrainian peace summit ever!
Well at least he knows the territory…
Why Ambassador Pawan Kapoor?
India has chosen to send Ambassador Pawan Kapoor, the most senior career diplomat after Vinay Kwatra, to Switzerland. Kapoor currently serves as Secretary (West) in the Ministry of External Affairs. After spending nearly two and a half years in Moscow as the Indian Ambassador to Russia, Kapoor returned to South Block in April 2024. His tenure in Moscow coincided with the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
External Affairs Minister - no thats not him
Minister of State for External Affairs - no thats not him
Foreign Secretary - no thats not him
Secretary (Economic Relations) - no thats not him
Secretary (East) - ah, thats his eastern counterpart!
Secretary (West) - THATSHIM, THATS Shri Pavan Kapoor!
So lets count.
President? No.
Vice President? No.
Prime Minister? No.
External Affairs Minister? No.
Minister of State for External affairs? No.
Foreign Secretary? No.
Secretary (West)? Yes!
Second most senior diplomat incoming!
Government representative? Why should we send a government representative? Here, have a career diplomat.
Ukrinform will tell you its Narendra Modi anyhow. Dont look too close!
edit: Huch, was erlaubt sich eigentlich SRF?
Und so treffen sich die 90 Staaten und Organisationen am Wochenende ohne Russland auf dem Bürgenstock. Fehlen wird voraussichtlich das Schlüsselland China. Und das wichtige Indien dürfte eine niederrangige Delegation entsenden – ebenso wie Brasilien, falls dieses überhaupt teilnimmt.
Auslandsressort-Redakteur der NZZ Andreas Rüesch gerade eben in einem Kommentar.
Wenn die Ukraine auf dem Bürgenstock nicht gestärkt wird, haben alle verloren, auch die Schweiz
Auf dem Bürgenstock könne es keinen Frieden geben, weil Russland nicht mit am Tisch sitze, heisst es überall. Die Aussage verrät einen Denkfehler. Sicherheit in Europa entsteht nicht mit, sondern gegen Russland.
Achso, ja - klar - dafür braucht man ja eine Friedenskonferenz in der neutralen Schweiz. Latürnicht!
Bern und Kiew erkannten Anfang Jahr beide eine attraktive Chance für sich. Aber die beiden ziehen nicht am selben Strick – und dadurch verwandelt sich der Bürgenstock in ein Minenfeld.
Genau! Böse Schweiz! Eine Kriegskonferenz hätte sie einberufen sollen, dann wäre der Neutralität der Schweiz genüge getan gewesen!
Dennoch ist das unterliegende Argument nicht falsch. Die Schweiz wollte sich nach zunehmendem politischen Druck als Vermittler gerieren. Die Ukraine hat angenommen um sich als “wir wollen doch eh Frieden” im internationalen Kontext zu profilieren (Bürgenstock! 90 Länder unterzeichnen den Selenskyj 10 Punkte Plan - in Teilen! (Nukleare Sicherheit, freie Schifffahrt, Rückführung der Kinder und Gefangenenaustausch)).
Frieden will jedoch nur die schweizer Regierung.
Damit kommt es zu einem Interessenskonflikt zwischen Bern und Kiew.
Der nur dadurch auflösbar ist, dass die Schweiz endlich Waffen liefert um Russland zu besiegen.
Endlich sprichts mal wer bei der NZZ aus…
Dumm halt, wenn der Redakteur immer noch sein eigenes Argument nicht versteht (schweizer Verfassung…).
Hier noch der obligatorische “Die Schweiz tut zu wenig für die Kriegs- ich meine Friedensordnung” Artikel der der NZZ zur Untermalung am selben Tag.
Dann haben wir Friedenskonferenz eigentlich fertig… Bevor sie begonnen hat.
edit: Achja, und wie ordnen wir jetzt das hier ein?
Für die Propaganda gibt es die Ukraine nicht
Allerdings haben Putin und seine Apologeten immer wieder klargemacht, dass es ihnen um die Vernichtung alles Ukrainischen geht.
In einem Auftritt vor russischen Diplomaten am Freitag in Moskau wurde er noch konkreter: Dem Start von Verhandlungen müsste Kiews militärischer Rückzug aus dem gesamten Territorium der bereits annektierten, in der Verfassung als Teil Russlands festgeschriebenen Gebiete im Donbass und in der Südostukraine vorangehen, ebenso der Verzicht auf den Nato-Beitritt. Daraufhin würde Russland die Waffen schweigen lassen. Diese Bedingungen gehen weit über ein Einfrieren der Front hinaus und sind für die Ukraine zweifellos unerfüllbar.
Ein Zurück zu den Verhältnissen vor dem 24. Februar 2022 ist weder im Innern Russlands noch im Verhältnis zum Westen auf absehbare Zeit vorstellbar, selbst wenn die Konferenz auf dem Bürgenstock der Auftakt für weitere Gesprächsrunden, auch unter Einbezug Russlands, wäre.
Nur ein Putin-Apologet würde diesen Vorbedingungen für einen Waffenstillstand zustimmen!
Hier die Positionen des geeinten Wertewestens, die sie für diese Aussage übersehen müssen.
• Jedem Ukrainer ist es unter Strafe verboten mit Putin zu verhandeln (Selenskyj per Präsidentialdekret)
• Wir werden nicht verhandeln, bis der letzte Russe die Ukraine verlassen hat (Teil der 10 Punkte Selenskyj Friedensformel (territoriale Integrität) im O-Ton gerne auch Andrii Yermak)
• Wir bestehen auf territorialer Integrität! (Every ukrainian spokesperson ever -- wurde jetzt hinter “wir verhandeln eh erst mal nur drei andere Punkte unserer Vorbedingungen --- territoriale Integrität, den vollständigen Abzug aller Russen und Reparationszahlungen verhandeln wir erst auf einem der nächsten Friedensgipfel” zurückgestellt -- natürlich erstmal ohne Russland, das dem Format zuerst zustimmen muss, bevor wir mit Russland verhandeln. Siehe obrige Quelle.)
• Daher auch: Russland muss zustimmen Reparationszahlungen leisten, bevor wir verhandeln.
• Wir verhandeln nur wenn Russland unser 10 Punkte Selenskyj Friedens-Formel Framework vollständig akzeptiert.
während er Russland während der Friedensgespräche in der Türkei auch garnicht hingehalten hat (vom Vorsitzenden der Selenskyj Partei öffentlich bestätigt)…
(während gerade die Schweren Waffen Lieferungen vorbereitet wurden)! Aber das zu fordern sei mindestens, und im höchsten Maße inakzeptabel!)
• Das zu fordern was das russische Kriegsziel für dieses Jahr darstellt sei ebenfalls inakzeptabel! Geradezu infam! (Russland glaubt den Donbas in diesem Jahr militärisch vollständig einnehmen zu können.)
• Man sieht also - Russland gehe es um die Zerstörung der Ukraine! Neutralität, und Gebietsgewinne die noch nicht mal facts on the ground sind! Nach all dem Goodwill der zuvor von der Ukraine kam! (Nicht ausgesprochene Einladung zu Bürgenstock, unilaterales Bestehen auf die Selenskyj Formel als einzig mögliches Verhandlungsframework…)
Was nicht in der russischen Vorbedingung zu finden ist: Das Beharren auf die Halbierung der ukrainischen Armee -- wie von westlichen Medien - ohne Quelle - seit dem Zeitpunkt kolportiert, seit dem man die von der Ukraine geghosteten und dann mit “für uns war das nur ein Smokescreen” vom Leiter der Selenskyj Partei kontextualisierten Verhandlungen in der Türkei nicht mehr als “da war nichts” wegleugnen konnte.
Unglaublich!
Was erlaube Russland! Die Neutralität der Ukraine und die besetzten Gebiete inklusive der Abgeltung der militärischen Zielen für dieses Jahr als Vorbedingung für Verhandlungen zu fordern!
Das sieht doch jeder, dass das nicht annehmbar ist! So kommen wir auf dem Verhandlungsweg nie wieder zu den “Verhältnissen vor dem 24. Februar 2022” zurück!
Auf der anderen Seite sieht man, dass --
Russland muss annehmen was in der 10 Punkte Selenskyj Formel steht (withdrawal of Russian forces from Ukraine, the restoration of Ukraine’s territorial integrity, reparation payments), und mit Putin verhandeln wir überhaupt nicht mehr -- damit wir wieder zu einem Status quo “Verhältnisse vor dem 24. Februar 2022” zurückkehren können, wäre doch wohl das Mindeste! Das sind die guten und wichtigen Vorbedingungen für einen gerechten Verhandlungs-Frieden! Und davor gibts auch keinen Waffenstillstand. (Die Ukraine ist aktuell meilenweit davon entfernt die Gebiete zurückzuerobern die seit dem 24. Februar 2022 von Russland besetzt worden sind, was im ersten Jahr einmal als Vorbedingungen für einen Waffenstillstand kolportiert wurde - und seit dem nie wieder.)
Achja, und Putin gehe es auch garnicht darum, dass er die Ukraine aus der Nato raushält. Er fordert das nur die ganze Zeit (vor der Invasion, bei den ersten Vorverhandlungen in der Türkei, jetzt als Vorbedingung…).
Der Westen hat mal wieder fertigargumentiert.
Nur ein Putin-Apologet, würde hier noch sehen, dass die Forderungen des Westens einen Verhandlungsfrieden hinauszögern!
Eines scheint mittlerweile aber feststellbar - auch Russland ist aktuell nicht an Verhandlungen interessiert.
edit: Es gibt aber auch wieder gute Nachrichten - in den Standardkommentaren werden wieder Videos mit ukrainischer Propaganda verbreitet:
Gleich bei 1:30 in:
“Ich habe es an X verschiedenen Stellen gelesen, dass Putin Waffenstillstand nennt man - muss sich halt anschauen was er fordert. Er fordert einen ukrainischen Rückzug aus den Gebieten die er annektiert hat, danach können Verhandlungen beginnen. Danach, das heißt er fordert von der Ukraine dass sie sich aus aus den vier frisch annektierten Oblasten zurückzieht, die er in -- wovon er keinen vollständig kontrolliert und dabei -- er bestenfalls die Hälfte mehr oder weniger -- zumindest von Saporischschja und von von Donjetzk kontrolliert --
- und diese drei Oblasten haben die Besonderheit dass zwei von ihnen schwere Befestigungen haben, die die Russen gerade sehr sehr lange aufhalten und ihren Vormarsch der stattfindet sehr sehr verlangsamen, während die dritte - Ron - ist es so, dass die nicht besetzte Seite auf der anderen Seite des Nipro ist der ein großes Naturhindernis, ist für die russischen Truppen die gleichzeitig damit davon abgehalten werden den Südwesten der Ukraine zu bedrängen zu erobern wo die letzten Seehäfen der Ukraine sind - und wo die große Stadt Odessa ist - die eben aktuell noch nicht besetzt ist - wenn er also das bekommt was er will würde die Ukraine all ihre Befestigungslinien aufgeben müssen denn sie hat keine Befestigungslinien 400 km im rückwärtigen Raum die Befestigungen die halbwegs den Namen wert sind sind alle in diesen drei Provinzen was den Süden und den Südwesten angeht bzw das ist der Fluss die würden sie aufgeben - danach können Verhandlungen beginnen und wenn er in diesen Verhandlungen dann Dinge fordert die nicht akzeptabel sind, geht der Krieg natürlich weiter.
Vielleicht noch mal kurz die Google Suche zu Odessa, which oblast -- Oh Odessa!
Wir halten fest, die Waffenstillstandsbedingungen sind als solche heute nicht tragbar [d’accord], denn
- und wenn Russland die Verhandlungen danach sabotiert, dann hätten die Ukrainer die natürliche Befestigungsanlage im Süden, den Dniper nicht mehr, und täten sich also auch da sehr viel schwerer Odessa zu verteidigen.
Und hier die Kolportierten Waffenstillstands Vorbedingungnen der Ukraine:
Russland gibt das gesamte seit dem 24.02.2022 besetze Gebiet auf. Später erweitert auf der letzte Russe verlässt das gesamte territoriale Staatsgebiet der Ukraine. Siehe im O-Ton gerne auch Andrii Yermak beim Erklären der 10 Punkte Selenskyj Formel Ende September 2023, später erweitert auf die GESAMTE 10 Punkte Selenskyj Friedensformel.)
Quick, lets somebody scatter, that voicing their opinion, and pointing at other countries that see that the same way is “a subtle boykott”. Not just voicing their opinion and pointing at other countries that see it the same way.
In Gesprächen mit Entwicklungsländern hat China den Diplomaten zufolge die Konferenz nicht offen kritisiert oder die Länder dazu aufgefordert, ihr fernzubleiben. Ein Insider sagte aber, China habe erklärt, das Treffen würde den Krieg verlängern. Zwei anderen Diplomaten zufolge hat China westlichen Nationen gesagt, viele Entwicklungsländer teilten Pekings Ansichten zur Konferenz. Vom chinesischen Außenministerium war zunächst keine Stellungnahme erhältlich.
*pssst* Noone tell Selenskyj, that they never sold russia weapons in the past (during Russias war on Ukraine), only parts… He’ll find out soon enough.
Guys! Guys! I’ve got it! - Here is how we plan the peace conference track!
- So first we take Selenskyjs hate tirade, which is still coined “Selenskyjs Peace formula” to this day. Those are five points. You know the one with “the enemy has to be beaten, and be punished, and pay, and leave” at its heart. - Then we silently remove the parts that are so stupid it hurts (we need a world wide action force against all wars guys! Whos with me? Selenskyj thinks its a great idea!)” - Then of course we pamper it up with the uttermost fluff, that “everyone will find easy to agree to”. Then we’e got 10 points. (Ok, some of the filler is really thoughtful and easy to agree on.) - Then we openly state - guys, guys, this is the trick - we talk about this, and then when we all agree, we might invite russia - but only if it honors our plan! - Then we coin that “the peace summit” - Then we start to put out there the “Russia is trying to sabotage the peace”, “China is trying to sabotage the peace” propaganda - if anyone else in the world in terms of power brokers does anything about it - Then we tell our partners (germany), that hey guys - we do this, so finally we dont have to react to other peace conference “offers” anymore - because look guys -- we have our own! - Then we let slip into the open that “quality of partnerstates” was far less important than “quantity” - Then we rebrand it as the “FIRSTPEACESUMMIT”, event though its the fifth meeting, because we really, really needed a restart conceptually - yet we still hold on to the initial points of the Selenskyj formula - Then we let our ambassador slip, that we prevented russia to come, to get more countries to attend, because we really just wanted the public perception mojo - Then we sell to the german delegation, that no - no, listen to us, this is just an open framework, so whatever countries will agree on, we’ll then use to pressure russia into peace talks - By making sure, this framework is the ONLY one thats used in peace talks - ever, so noisy chinese - and brasilians, and -- just stop, because we’ve got a great plan here - Which already mirrors EXACTLY the same propaganda BS that Kuleba put out there on one of the first press conferences on the sidelines of Davos in the first year, which is “guys - you can mount peace discussion efforts, if you follow the rules, guys!” With the rules back then being “contact lines cant be moved” and “the territorial integrity of Ukraine must be preserved”
- which every media outlet in germany ate up like effin cake, because “Selenskyj still looking for peace!” - then you visit the east asian countries in a US friendly venue and get all sorts of “what the eff you you want us to do here” qustions from every reporter - then as Selenskyj you tell them - guys, guys, this is really only about three very important fluff points, like nuclear safety, and food security (by now fluff, because exports are flowing, future projection not included in that thought), and humanitarian things, mucho importanto -- its just about that, so come and support us please! - then you let slip, that you only talk about fluff, because thats the first conference after the restart, and you really want quantity, not quality - so you get “brand recognition”, and this isnt the Selensnkyj formual anymore - then you contradict this by selling to the public that this is the next new and better second coming of what was previously the UN charta which “doesnt work” - then congregations around the world are starting to act like you’re insane (about time, plus minus) - then somehow, you tell to the german delegation, no - no, thats fine, because even though we insist, that this framework (and no other framework) is used for all future peace talks, but look --- its really “open ended” in terms of outcomes, because we will debate the points that sound to everyone like “russian capitulation” in the last two sessions, or maybe never, when we dont have international agreement, or the war interferes. - And then when we have an international agreement amongst partners, and russia must accept it, we finally can have peace!
Also -- this is the “Peace formula”, which prevents all other peace talks, until we can achieve agreement under our peace framework, amongst 100 states internationally.
So of course this is a “peace summit”.
- Then you change the public PR to “this should lead to a peace summit” 15 days before the start.
And this ladies, and gentlemen is how you achieve just peace.
The german delegation has bought it - no quarrels about it.
- Oh, and what this does to the wider public -- well, thats what media is for, right?
--
Second issue with that DGAP meeting --
Ukraine not at all corrupt guys, you should really visit it, then it doesnt feel like, just another country at war, it feels like a country thats almost western and so full of hope!
Yeah great, guys - what about the drop outs from leading positions in the reconstruction conference framework, right before the conference? Where the second person leaving, made it sound like - maybe corruption still being an integral part of the rebuilding effort, at the state level… (Not my assesment, France 24 (Video here).)
Also you still know that there is economic data out there from before the war, right? Or that the main asset the Ukraine is forced to give out again currently as a security for loans is agricultural land. Or that the country is at war, or… I guess its nothing but potential, because you’ve got the NGO people talk to the stakeholders for the first time at the recent reconstruction conference in germany, right? Keep the spirit up! This is finally moving! (In terms of non energy intensive investments in the very west, I guess? Great earning opportunity! Russia will likely never get there. Reduce your risks! Make REAL money, invest in war reconstruction, during the war!)
There also was a third point, which I seem to have forgotten, but it was less important…
edit: Passend dazu hat sich die NZZ heute zu einem “Erklärt” durchgerungen:
edit: Had the wrong article referenced in here for the Kuleba press event. Fixed.
edit2: Die NZZ schreibt sich um diese Begebenheiten herum noch drei Szenarios von denen eines dann doch noch Erfolg ist. Muss man gelesen haben. (click)
Its from an audience question by a person that cant remember the book title of the book she has read, so I have not much to work with here -- but the experts on stage dont negate it. It being, that people were outright afraid, that the “nazis” might come and harm them, shortly before the russian invasion.
If that was the case -- isnt it the first thing that comes to mind, that this must be crazy russian Putler, or that his aim must be regime change, because think of the term denazification? Maybe not?
The logic, that this is used, so the political leadership of a region can be exchanged - might be a desired side effect, but its not the main goal of that propaganda narrative.
The main goal being (assumed) the one you have the most desired effect on. So the main goal of that narrative was to put populations under fear, to move them towards inaction?
Why am I hearing this for the first time today?
Also if it was active in crimea, shortly before the russian invasion, of course you pick it as the main narrative pre wider invasion -- so it can have its effect on the population in the east.
Oh yeah - right, …
Propaganda hat wieder niemand entdeckt.
Am Allerwenigsten in “warum wir in den Krieg gehen” Reden…
I have to wonder though which of her books Timothy Snyder Remembers most favourably…
1. The Fall Syndrome, or Homo Compatiens
Synopsis:
Kostya is an ordinary Ukrainian, a product of our time. Politics and Maidan protests are of little interest to him. But the subtitle of the novel “Homo Compatiens” - the man who sympathizes suggests: the main character will not be able to stay in his comfort zone.
2. Someone or a Water Heart
Synopsis:
The protagonist of this book is Someone. And to find out who he really is, he will have to try: learn to read, find a team of like-minded people and realize dreams together. A fun and very beautiful story for the little ones about the problem that they themselves will soon have to solve: who am I and what is my dream? And this story happened in a big aquarium, big and round, like our planet.
3. Dom’s Dream Kingdom
Synopsis:
A funny poodle named Dom tells us the story of a family - an old colonel and several generations of women. The dog and the people feel awkward in the small Lviv apartment where he lived before… What difference does it make? The stones will not tell. Or they will tell you if you have a dog’s sense. Are there any stories that will help a colonel from the east of Ukraine or his dog finally feel at home in Lviv in the 90s?
It seems that you will never find a key to someone else’s chest. Never let go of the fighter’s helm again. Neither the dog nor the walls will ever accept new owners. But sometimes someone else’s secret turns out to be yours too. And maybe the heroes of this story will manage to find a home.
or
4. Stories of Eka the Excavator
Synopsis:
Eka is a small excavator. But his adventures are big, sometimes even on a global scale! Eka, like a real superhero, has the power to save the world… maybe. Eka likes to talk about his amazing adventures: on how he scooped up half the sea with a bucket, or how he plucked a star from the sky… or even of when he almost stole an iceberg in Antarctica. Eka really wants to be important! Perhaps he can help St. Nicholas, or bring a dinosaur skeleton to a museum, or simply save his beloved park from destruction… Maybe, just maybe, like the famous Baron Munchausen, Eka exaggerates a little in his storie-e-es? There is only a way to find out!
Storie-e-es of Eka the Excavator is a collection of the funnies stories from the most talkative excavator in the world!
Wartime work
After the Russian invasion of Ukraine started, she worked as a war crimes researcher for Truth Hounds, a Ukrainian organization.[18][19][17] She used her training as a novelist to interview witnesses.[17]
In September 2022, while doing research in the Izium region, she uncovered the war diary of fellow Ukrainian writer Volodymyr Vakulenko, who had been killed by the occupying forces in March 2022.[17][20] In May 2023, Vakulenko received a posthumous award from the International Publishers Association, which Amelina accepted on his behalf.[17]
Amelina also hosted internally displaced Ukrainians and helped to deliver humanitarian aid in Lviv.[17]
Personal life and death
Amelina had a son in the early 2010s.
As of 2022, Amelina lived in Kyiv.[18] In June 2023, after receiving a residency in Paris, Amelina considered moving there with her 12-year-old son.[17]
On 27 June 2023, she was injured during the Russian attack on Kramatorsk while she was dining at RIA Pizza together with Héctor Abad, Sergio Jaramillo and Catalina Gómez. The restaurant was hit by an Iskander missile.[21][22] Amelina died due to her injuries on 1 July at the Mechnikov Hospital in Dnipro at the age of 37.[23][24] She was buried in Lviv.[17]
In 2023, a tribute to Amelina, Nothing Bad Has Ever Happened, was published by Arrowsmith Press. It included international contributions and previously published work by Amelina in English translation.[25]
One degree of separation to: Robert Bosch Stiftung:
Die internationale Förderung der Robert Bosch Stiftung entwickelte sich unter dem Eindruck der beiden Weltkriege und hatte zunächst zum Ziel, zur Aussöhnung Deutschlands mit seinen Nachbarn beizutragen. Daher stand in den ersten Jahren die Verbesserung der deutsch-französischen und deutsch-polnischen Beziehungen im Fokus.[6] So förderte die Stiftung über viele Jahre den Austausch von Schülern, Lehrern und Wissenschaftlern aus Deutschland und Polen. Von 1982 bis 2000 gab sie gemeinsam mit dem Deutschen Polen-Institut (DPI) die 50-bändige Polnische Bibliothek heraus.[25] Ebenfalls gemeinsam mit dem DPI vergab sie von 2003 bis 2019 den Karl-Dedecius-Preis.[26] Ab den 1980er Jahren engagierte sich die Stiftung für die Stärkung der transatlantischen Beziehungen. So ermöglichte sie seit 1984 mit dem Robert Bosch Foundation Fellowship Program rund 600 amerikanischen Nachwuchsführungskräften einen Arbeitsaufenthalt in Deutschland.[27] Nach Ende des Kalten Krieges rückten auch die Länder Mittel- und Osteuropas, später Länder der Östlichen Partnerschaft in den Blick: Die Stiftung ist unter anderem Gesellschafterin und Mitgründerin der 2006 ins Leben gerufenen Stiftung Deutsch-Russischer Jugendaustausch.[28] Ab der Jahrtausendwende weitete die Stiftung ihre Tätigkeit auf Asien und Afrika aus. Bilaterale Formate wurden schrittweise durch multilaterale und thematisch fokussierte Programme ersetzt. Ab 2010 förderte die Stiftung zudem Projekte aus dem Bereich Frieden. 2014 gründete sie die Robert Bosch Academy in Berlin, an der Experten aus aller Welt zu globalen gesellschaftlichen Herausforderungen arbeiten.[29]
Moderator: “Then there’s going to be next week in Switzerland this what’s called a peace summit. Russia’s not invited. China’s not attending. Is it, what how would you label it?”
Anastasiya Shapochkina (Lecturer in geopolitics at Science Po and President of Eastern Circles): “First of all, this thing that’s - I think the peace summit is designed by the - as far as I understand - by the Ukrainian diplomatic establishment as a, as as a way to regroup as many nations as possible behind the peace plan of President Selenskyj and it’s a way to also test the diplomatic effort of the last two and a half years, to see if Ukraine can actually gather as a sign of support, international support, not just western partners but also as many as possible partners from the global south and thus showing and making people show --”
Moderator: “As we’re speaking the Ukrainian president has taken a quick trip away from Europe to Saudi Arabia, he’s met with the Crown Prince there.”
Anastasiya Shapochkina: “Not very logical, but exactly see, like in terms of geography - very logical in terms of the peace process, exactly - because of course Saudi Arabia as a crucial Regional actor anti-iran actor, while Iran being aligned with Russia, Saudi Arabia is traditionally aligned either with the US or against against Iran, at least more recently, and this is a crucial player who can influence other countries in the region, because what Ukraine is aiming at at the peace Summit is not just quality but also quantityand aiming to kind of make it as an alternative to the UN General Assembly Gatherings and votings where Russia is very heavily present and influencing as an alternative kind of gathering - to show how, much support it can actually garner and this is going to be a real test, I think - to Ukrainian diplomacy, really just to show for it -- however of course whether about peace we’re going to see any breakthroughs, I do not expect to see any actual breakthroughs about peace. It’s not about peace negotiations it’s about the support for Ukraine, diplomatic support and then behind diplomatic support, countries like Saudi Arabia of course can play a much greater role about which I expect them to be more circumspect.”
Moderator: “Elizabeth Braw, uh Selenskyj very badly wanted Joe Biden to attend, it’s not going to happen - instead he’s going to send his vice president Kamila Harris - why, why does he, why has Ukraine’s president invested so much political capital in this uh summit next week in Switzerland?”
Elizabeth Braw: “Well as as was just said it’s it’s an effort to show that the countries supporting Ukraine in this war are not just Western countries and and uh from my own experience for example -- when I when I talk to Indian audiences I always hear, well you know the West shouldn’t tell us what position to tell about, to to take on Ukraine and we decide for ourselves -- so it’s important for for Selenskyj to be able to show that support for Ukraine is not just a western thing, it’s not just a western dictated thing - and that really matters beyond diplomatic gestures, because a number of non-western countries uh have essentially remained on the sidelines and while being on the sidelines, have also uh directly or indirectly been supporting uh the Russian economy, by continuing to to trade with Russia -- because they haven’t imposed sanctions they essentially uh not only continue to trade with Russia but undermine Western sanctions and and they would say well it’s up to us whom we trade with but that uh essentially, well it strength- strengthens Russia weakens Ukraine even as their diplomatic posture is that they are neutral, so that as many of these countries as Selinskyj can, can convince to publicly side with Ukraine in some fashion uh - the better it is for for for for Ukraine in this war regardless of the outcome of of any talks at at this peace summit or anywhere else.”
Moderator: “Gulliver Gragg, Selenskyj -- how’s it being felt where you are, the the fact that he’s he’s gone off on you know for all these for all these summitry uh the uh..
Gulliver Gragg: “There have been some opposition voices criticizing him for being away from the country for such a long time, he was in Singapore the Philippines and he came back for one day, then he went to Sweden then of course France, Germany now these but these are all really very important meetings, and I think that you know there’s a broad understanding um of what the idea of this so-called peace summit um in Switzerland is, and I think even Ukrainians who are critical of Selenskyj and his team on a number of issues, aren’t really um suggesting that this isn’t fundamentally a good idea - because, clearly - the idea of breaking the Russian Narrative of Russia and the rest versus uh the west - by showing that Ukraine’s got a lot of countries from the rest of the world on its side as well - is, is not a bad idea in itself, but um the way things are going with the preparations of it um it doesn’t look that good - I mean earlier ukrainians were saying that if they had a hundred countries taking part they’d call it a success, and they were expecting at least Joe Biden to be there, they were expecting the Chinese to be represented albeit at a lower level -- the chinese aren’t coming they’re, putting forward a different proposal, Joe Biden’s not coming and it looks like falling well short of the um target of 100 countries so um - you know, we’ll see what happen happens in Switzerland um -- we’ll see whether or not there is a final declaration at the uh at the end of this summit, I mean I think that if there is - the ukrainians will feel that they’ve got something to work with going forward - if there isn’t, then some people in Ukraine may be saying that the Selenskyj team managed it badly, and um flopped it.”
Moderator “Selenskyj has had the Midas touch since uh, at least on the world stage uh since February uh of 2022, but from what we’ve just talked about so far in this discussion - Shina, this cabinet shake up ahead of a big conference, where you’re trying to convince people that you’re a good country to invest in. The fact that they’re not going to get as many participants in this peace summit next week as they would have liked -- is Selenskyj losing the magic the the midas touch?”
Elizabeth Braw: “Yeah, I think that there is there kind of different um ways of seeing it right, we see this as this is what’s on the surface so to say this is the what’s, what’s going on now on the other hand when you fix a big target and you announce it -- that’s that looks very good, but also it’s a target for yourself, it means that even if you fall short of it - it may still be good for you, because it depends who are the people who are actually going to show up, who wouldn’t have shown up in the general assembly of the UN -- if the big regional players heavy weights like Saudi Arabia are brought on board - etc, etc. I don’t know if there was a realistic expectation that Biden is going to actually again come to Europe - In such a short time even given his physical condition honestly -- ”
Gulliver Gragg: “He has to be at the G7 right?
Aint it --”
Moderator “Yeah, let’s talk about that. Before Bürgenstock in Switzerland, there’s a G7 Summit in Italy uh he’s he’s already boarded the Air Force One and he’s coming back to Europe!”
Elizabeth Braw: “*interrupting* -- that didn’t work, that didn’t work at all, then then then they blew it - but but just to say that for me even if they fall short of the expectation already that we have to see how many people do they manage to g - to garner and whether whether it’s going to be a successful exercise -- in general the exercise is a communication exercise. Nobody expects any result from the summit, in sense of peace decisions, some -- the decisions about the progress in the war, what’s going to happen to the future, what’s going to happen to security of europe --- it is indeed a purely image-, communication exercise and in that way - maybe would maybe -- it’s a message in---including from by the US that - better concentrate your efforts, on something that can actually yield results - like for example reconstruction meetings, or the uh the reconstruction summit in Berlin - or the Washington Summit hopefully - hopefully leads also results that’s the big one also, we forgot so…”
Moderator “Elizabeth Braw, did you hear that, there’s a fourth summit - we didn’t mention it yet it’s the NATO Summit taking place uh actually it’s due to begin the day after the second round of uh french legislative elections - we’ll know then if the far right’s in power or not in this country, uh is that the big one?”
Elizabeth Braw: “Well it is the big one as as far as NATO is concerned, but it’s not going, it’s not going to to lead any breakthroughs when it comes to the Ukraine war and and since we are also discussing people who, who will not be at various Summits -- the Washington Summit will be just a few days after the UK elections, so it’s uh it’s who will participate from the UK government is is still shrouded in mystery - and we may not know until the day of of the summit [doesnt matter much all parties are pro Ukraine] this day - the summit begins who will represent the UK but um the Washington Summit really is about NATO itself and yes, there will be various uh overtures to Ukraine -- shows of support, but this is about uh decisions uh about NATO internally how to to, how the alliance should be set up - it’s it’s much less about Ukraine, but I think that the the - what has changed in these past two years is that Selenskyj has become a regular guest at various gatherings at which Ukraine would not have been invited to -- which Ukraine would not have been invited two and a half years ago, and he’s he’s invited as essentially as a star guest and a special guest uh and not as a full participant - but it’s it’s it is striking, because Ukraine is always the that additional guest that is invited and and then when it comes to to Selenskyj lo-- losing his midas touch, that was always going to happen -- it was going to be uh trendy and and uh important, right -- at the beginning of the war for everybody to to support Ukraine and they wanted to -- they felt very passionately about it, it was always the case that, that passion was going to wane after a while and it has waned by the fact that he is continuing these uh uh these constant visits to the West - is both a sign of the fact that he’s invited to the west and other countries, is both a sign of the fact that he’s still invited -- still welcome and of the fact that these countries feel that is still there is, still a viable case for supporting Ukraine - if they didn’t think that was there was anything more they could do he would not be invited.”
Summary: “Whats he doing?” “Well, Idk - it seems like hes still getting support, so let him.”
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